The Howland Tigers fought the good fight in their overtime contest against the Ursuline Fighting Irish on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 62-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Fighting Irish. While losing is never fun, Howland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 237th, while Ursuline is ranked 14th).
Despite the loss, Howland still got an impressive performance from Alex Henry, who scored 21 points along with seven assists and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was John Perry, who scored 13 points along with seven rebounds.
Howland's defeat dropped their record down to 11-11. As for Ursuline, the win (which was their sixth in a row) raised their record to 18-3.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Howland will take on Harvey at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully Harvey focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 22 last Saturday. As for Ursuline, they will be playing at home against Collinwood at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Ursuline is facing Collinwood at the right time seeing as Collinwood is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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